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Fair trade coffee : the prospects and pitfalls of market-driven social justice
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Fair trade coffee : the prospects and pitfalls of market-driven social justice

Author: Gavin Fridell
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Series: Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In this study, Gavin Fridell argues that while local level analysis is important, examination of the impacts of broader structures on fair trade coffee networks, and vice versa, are of equal if not greater significance in determining their long-term developmental potential. Using case studies from Mexico and Canada, Fridell examines the fair trade coffee movement at both the global and local level, assessing its  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Fridell, Gavin.
Fair trade coffee.
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2007
(OCoLC)654661680
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gavin Fridell
ISBN: 9780802092380 0802092381 9780802095909 0802095909
OCLC Number: 77046079
Description: xix, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : fair trade and global capitalism --
1. Historical and theoretical origins of the fair trade network --
2. Neoliberal globalization and the fair trade network --
3. Coffee and the capitalist market --
4. Coffee and the 'double movement' --
5. Fair trade in Mexico : the case of UCIRI --
6. Fair trade coffee in Canada --
7. Conclusion : fair trade as moral economy.
Series Title: Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Responsibility: Gavin Fridell.

Abstract:

Argues that examining the impacts of broader structures on fair trade coffee networks, and vice versa, are of significance in determining its long-term developmental potential. This book examines  Read more...

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